I have the Parrot Driveblue on order so as soon as it gets here I will check it out and see if I get locked up... The speaker phone is fine on my 7100.. I have used it several times so far... I have to say I am going to miss the 650.. I had a 600 before getting the 650... But.... The more I play with the BlackBerry the more I like it!

Rome is the proud new owner of my 650 and I am putting it the mail to him tomorrow...

Thanks to everyone on these boards for all the help and I look forward to returning when the Treo becomes usable for me as a phone....

Originally Posted by hofo_mofo

^lol okay

if you have any questions man, PM me...and if you want check out http://www.blackberryforums.com further more if you want the other themes for the the 7100x series, PM me your email addy and i will send them off to you

do me a favour...pair up a BT headset to your 7100t...tell me if you BB locks up and restarts...its a very common error, but some t-mobile people dont get that problem

also, another common problem is the speakerphone...check it out with someone on the other end to make sure

Is there a workaround for the issue of having only 1 email account on the 7100? With the BB's reason for existence being email I'd hope there'd be a 3rd party app at least.
* How's coverage with T-Mobile? I have Verizon now which is a much larger carrier.

Great thread - looks like the 7100t is a good phone/email machine until a more refined Treo or comparable smartphone comes out. One can always schlepp a separate PDA.

Is there a workaround for the issue of having only 1 email account on the 7100? With the BB's reason for existence being email I'd hope there'd be a 3rd party app at least.
* How's coverage with T-Mobile? I have Verizon now which is a much larger carrier.

Great thread - looks like the 7100t is a good phone/email machine until a more refined Treo or comparable smartphone comes out. One can always schlepp a separate PDA.

I have two mail accounts going to my blackberry. I have the desktop redirector sending my work mail. I then use the web client for personal mail. I choose to use a procmail filter to cc all incoming mail for my personal stuff to the email address of the web client. This way I don't have to wait the 5 - 15 minutes it takes the web client to pop my account. Then on the blackberry when replying to personal email, it uses the reply to address for set in the web client. When replying to a work email, it shows up as my work address.

Is there a workaround for the issue of having only 1 email account on the 7100? With the BB's reason for existence being email I'd hope there'd be a 3rd party app at least.
* How's coverage with T-Mobile? I have Verizon now which is a much larger carrier.

See, that's the thing. I love Blackberry's email, but frankly I can wait the 10 minutes or so for Snappermail to poll all 5 of my accounts. Snapper lets me reply to the account each email was sent to with no headaches or workarounds. Snappermail also has a setting to poll email every 5 minutes - but to me that just seems extreme and a battery drain to boot. Of course, 10 minutes between email checks used to sound quite fast to me - that was until I got used to seeing them instantly on the Blackberry.

As for T-Mobile reception, it's pretty bad where I live in Los Angeles. However, if I go 2 blocks in any direction it's fine. Sprint, however, works great almost everywhere I go. I'm sure it's an individual thing, but reason enough to make sure you get a 14 day return policy if the service happens to be spotty in your area.

Sprint, Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T and Cingular have all told me that service was great in my area over the past 2 years. Only Sprint and Verizon have what I'd call really great reception, with AT&T just adequate. T-Mobile and Cingular are pretty awful. I've held on to my T-Mobile Blackberry because I rarely check email on the phone at home, and it's usually reliable away from my house.

Is there a workaround for the issue of having only 1 email account on the 7100? With the BB's reason for existence being email I'd hope there'd be a 3rd party app at least.
* How's coverage with T-Mobile? I have Verizon now which is a much larger carrier.

I live in the Kansas City area and T-Mobile reception is great! As for the email I think it has been answered well above.. I have 3 email accounts set up and use my username@tmo.blacbberry.com for sending from all 3.. That is my only gripe so far.. I wish I could send each email account from it's own... But I will say that by using the username@tmo.blackberry.com account email is instant after responding to the 1st..

if you have any questions man, PM me...and if you want check out http://www.blackberryforums.com further more if you want the other themes for the the 7100x series, PM me your email addy and i will send them off to you

1. It's doesn't take 3 key taps to get and "@" symbol on the Blackberry. You can get an "@" by double-clicking the space bar when typing an email address or URL. Blackberry knows where you are when you're typing and and places the symbol for you. It' also places "." in email addresses and URLS the same way.

2. Text Messaging is WAY faster on the Treo. True, I use "Verichat" and have never tried Sprint's native application - but T-Mobile's IM seems very slow to me.

3. The Treo and Blazer is WAY faster than the Blackberry for web browsing.

1. It's doesn't take 3 key taps to get and "@" symbol on the Blackberry. You can get an "@" by double-clicking the space bar when typing an email address or URL. Blackberry knows where you are when you're typing and and places the symbol for you. It' also places "." in email addresses and URLS the same way.

Correct! I guess the writer did not play with the 7100 enough to figure that out...

2. Text Messaging is WAY faster on the Treo. True, I use "Verichat" and have never tried Sprint's native application - but T-Mobile's IM seems very slow to me.

They both are about equal... I have seen NO great improvement with BB over the 650 on SMS..... I acutally like the way the 650 puts the SMS's in a chat style format....

3. The Treo and Blazer is WAY faster than the Blackberry for web browsing.